Guy Stevens Testament Of Rock 'N' Roll - Original 1968 UK Island 14-track Mono LP

Various Artists LP

565,00 DKK

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Rare original 1968 UK Island label 14-track mono LP compiled by influencial labelmanager, art director and producer - Stevens produced albums by Island artists as Free, Mott The Hoople, Art, Traffic & Spooky Two... not to mention The Clash' "London Calling".
The album is basically a compilation of 50'ies/60'ies american rock' n roll and and r&b tracks which has an impact on the British rock-scene - some of them from Guy Stevens own Sue UK label.

Vinyl has the generic ruff pink company labels with left side black and orange 'eye' or 'swirl'logo, lower label outline company name and uneven smooth label perimeter.

Vinyl has machine stamped matrix information:

Side 1: ILP-977-A
Side 2: ILP-977-B

and is housed in a Garrod and Lofthouse 'Patents Pending', front laminated flipback picture cover.

Condition: VG+(+) (Vinyl & Labels)/VG+ (Cover):

Vinyl is beautifully shiny and has a couple of light and inaudible surface marks combined with light sleeve wear - labels does not display any signs of play - perfect without any wear to the spindlehole.
Picture cover has a tiny lower right front punchhole - some light edge wrinkles and a few in corner or vinyl outline regions. Back has just a touch of agediscolouration - otherwise remarkable clean with only a little light flipback wrinkling.
Seams are intact - lower seams has a faint mid-pressure point, spine easily readable. Corners are nice with a dent to two corners and just a little wear to lower opening corner - cover is graded straight VG+.

Tracklisting:

Side 1:
1. Ya Ya - Lee Dorsey
2. Bony Moronie - Larry Williams
3. High Blood Pressure - Huey 'Piano' Smith
4. Little Latin Lupe Lu - Righteous Brothers
5. Rockin' Charlie - Bobby Preston
6. Like Long Hair - Paul Revere & The Raiders
7. Music City - The Pleasures

Side 2:
1. Sea Cruise - Frankie Ford
2. Rockin' Robin - Bobby Day
3. You Can't Sit Down - Phil Upchurch Combo
4. Little Bitty Pretty One - Thurston Harris & The Sharps
5. Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand - Professor Longhair
6. Dance What You Wanna - Little Richard
7. Fannie Mae - Buster Brown

Credits:
Compiled by Guy Stevens and John E. Abbey (editor - "Blues & Soul" Magazine, London)
Artist Various Artists
Media LP
Katalog nummer ILP 977
Land UK
Label Island
Udgivelsesår 1968
Grading VG+(+) (Vinyl & Labels)/VG+ (Cover)
Genre Rock & Pop
Sub Genre 1 ROCK
Sub Genre 2 R&B
Condition Used